Thread: Aldi 4WD gear any good?

I bought one of their hand winches a few years back. Not once have I had to use it to recover the Disco or any other vehicle. It has, however, moved about 10T of rocks and countless other big heavy things, pulled out tree stumps and so on without fuss. Best Aldi buy ever.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I still have an unused Terfer style winch that no-one knows how to use.

I haven't seen an aldi one , but tirfors are dead easy to use. unless yours is a very different shape from a genuine tirfor or an Australian Anchor super til or any of the other common ones, you thread/push the cable through the body at the blunt end, till it emerges from the other end and slides freely through. This is after youv'e dissengaged the rope clutch by pulling the 'y' shaped lever as if you're trying to pull it out of the body. When pulled hard enough it will latch into a little notch you can usually see. Once the rope is through and far enough for your purpose, knock the rope clutch lever out of the notch and it will grip the rope. Now you can move the rope through the body by using the extendable handle on either of the other levers. one for forward,and one for reverse. Usually the forward direction handle is more robust than the other.To get the rope out when the job is done and the cable has no load on it, pull the rope clutch lever to dissengage it again. If you practice with it beforehand hooked up between a couple of vehicles you'll soon get it right. Good luck with it, they're very handy.Don

Cheap insurance. You may only need a winch very occasionally & then how much of the time at 100%. Like others have said, you could strip it down & then put it together properly. I have only used my winch once in 3 years to recover myself & then it was only a short gentle pull. Saved me being recovered by some other marque & the associated ribbing. Thats got to be worth a few $.

One thing that always worris me at Aldi is the when you buy something that's not food, the check out person always emphasizes to "Keep Your Receipt"
I know Why, they get a few returns on their merchandise

my thoughts are if you want to send money to Germany spend up at Aldi.

i'll be buying one, if only for the added confidence when going offroad solo

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

One thing that always worris me at Aldi is the when you buy something that's not food, the check out person always emphasizes to "Keep Your Receipt"
I know Why, they get a few returns on their merchandise

One Aldi ckeckout chick said to me "Hope it works". the slicer did work but not well.

Originally Posted by nod 130

I haven't seen an aldi one , but tirfors are dead easy to use. unless yours is a very different shape from a genuine tirfor or an Australian Anchor super til or any of the other common ones, you thread/push the cable through the body at the blunt end, till it emerges from the other end and slides freely through. This is after youv'e dissengaged the rope clutch by pulling the 'y' shaped lever as if you're trying to pull it out of the body. When pulled hard enough it will latch into a little notch you can usually see. Once the rope is through and far enough for your purpose, knock the rope clutch lever out of the notch and it will grip the rope. Now you can move the rope through the body by using the extendable handle on either of the other levers. one for forward,and one for reverse. Usually the forward direction handle is more robust than the other.To get the rope out when the job is done and the cable has no load on it, pull the rope clutch lever to dissengage it again. If you practice with it beforehand hooked up between a couple of vehicles you'll soon get it right. Good luck with it, they're very handy.Don

One of the local SES voulenteers came around to show me how to work it. After an hour, he gave up and went home.
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I bought an air compressor from Aldi several years ago, it seems to be a rebadged bushman's ARB's cheap (expensive) range. Works really well, I used it for doing the car tyres until I upgraded the locker compressor.

I wouldn't use it for 35s but for my 245/75/16's does all 4 tyres from 20 psi to 46 rear and 32 front with no issues.

Saying that my new ARB does it quicker. But it is vehicle mounted and the Aldi one is in a carry box and still used.

Hope this helps
Danny